Closing Ceremony of Pacific Partnership 2023 Held in Kuantan

15th September 202316th September 2023

Kuantan, September 15, 2023 - The closing ceremony of Exercise Pacific Partnership 2023 (Ex PP23) was conducted on board the USS Pearl Harbor, New Deep Water Terminal (NDWT), presided over by Mission Commander Captain Claudine Caluori of the US Navy. Ex PP23 was a collaborative effort between the Malaysian Armed Forces

Fleet Staff Talks 2022 – Platform to Strengthen RMN and USN Relationship

Defence Relations

14th December 202215th December 2022

Kota Kinabalu, Dec 13 - The Eastern Fleet Command Headquarters has become the organizer of the RMN-USN Fleet Staff Talk 2022 (FST 2022), which is a bilateral discussion platform between the Royal Malaysian Navy and the United States Navy (USN). The RMN-USN FST 2022 held for two days starting December 12

Exercise CARAT 2022

21st November 202223rd November 2022

KUANTAN, 21 November 2022- First Admiral Baharudin bin Wan Md Nor, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff J3 of the Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ) has officiated Exercise CARAT 2022 at the Warfare Center, Camp Al-Sultan Abdullah, JFHQ. This exercise involves the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and the United States Navy (USN)

U.S. Navy Delivers First Upgraded CN-235 to RMAF

Technology

6th August 20226th August 2022

The U.S. Navy has delivered the first of three Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) CN-235 military transport aircraft converted to a maritime patrol platform. This comes just three-and-a-half years after the U.S. signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance to begin increasing the capability and interoperability of U.S. and Malaysian

Navy Partnership at RIMPAC 2022

13th July 202213th July 2022

While moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, BRP Antonio Luna FF151 - PF, the Philippine Navy frigate currently participating in RIMPAC 2022, was visited by counterparts from the Royal Malaysian Navy's KD Lekir (F26) and the Indian Navy's INS Satpura (F48) from July 6 to 7, 2022. Welcoming Commander

RIMPAC 2022: KD LEKIR Successfully Conducted Underway Replenishment (UNREP) at sea with USNS HENRY J. KAISER

Ops & Training

29th June 202229th June 2022

HAWAII, 26 June - KD LEKIR had successfully conducted an underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea with USNS HENRY J. KAISER in the waters of Hawaii, United States of America. The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) ship met with the American oiler in Hawaiian waters off Oahu Island this afternoon, after almost two

Chief of Army Received Courtesy Call from United States Defense Advisor

Defence Relations

31st January 202231st January 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, 31 January 2022 - The Chief of Army (COA), General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Zamrose bin Mohd Zain received a courtesy call from the United States Defense Adviser, Senior Defense Official, Captain Muhammad Muzzafar Feroze Khan, US Navy and US Army Attache to Malaysia, Colonel Stephen C. Browne

U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Defence Attaché Visited Kota Kinabalu Naval Base

27th December 202127th December 2021

27 December 2021 - Captain M Muzzafar Khan, the U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, conducted courtesy calls with Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Navy Region Two Commander in Sandakan, Sabah and EASTERN FLEET Commander (EFC), Submarine Force Commander, and the 601 Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial System squadron in

Nuclear Submarine USS CONNECTICUT Struck Uncharted Seamount in South China Sea

13th November 202113th November 2021

YOKOSUKA, Nov 3 - The 7th Fleet of the United States Navy (US Navy) said the incident that struck the submarine USS CONNECTICUT in South China Sea was due to a collision with an uncharted seamount. On 3 Nov 2021, we were shocked by news of a breach on the seabed

Exercise SEACAT 21 with United States Navy and Singapore IFC

17th August 202117th August 2021

LUMUT, 16 August-South East Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) 21 is an exercise involving the United States Navy's USS TULSA (LCS-16) and the SILVER HANA (Oil/chemical tanker) with the Information Fusion Center (IFC), Singapore. It was held from 10 to 15 August 21 around the waters of the Straits of